. >> reporter: that statement drew a sharp accusation from california congressman dana rorbacher. >> the president himself his intensionally misinformed, read that, lied to the american people in the after math of this tragedy. >> reporter: outraged at the president being accused of lying, democrats shot back. >> i am very disturbed at some of the political rhetoric i hear. >> things take time. the most important thing is to get it right, and i urge that we resist the temptation to persist in political posturing. >> reporter: what congress didn't hear from anyone in the administration itself. secretary of state hillary clinton is not expected to testify until next month. and despite having stepped down as the cia director, david petraeus is testifying behind closed doors on friday before the intelligence committee and is expected to lay out the timeline and is not expected, brian, to discuss the affair with biographer paula broadwell, which is the center of an fbi investigation. >> and is the attack going to be tied to the scandal? >> and that question now is how did paula broadwell